The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8)Wordsworth, William
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8)
Wordsworth, William
English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century
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APPENDIX VII
'Lines written in Early Spring', ll. 11, 12
Compare the 'Laws of Manu', i. 49:
"Vegetables, as well as animals, have internal consciousness, and are
sensible of pleasure and pain."
This I have received from a correspondent, but I have never seen the
English version.--Ed.
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APPENDIX VIII
'An Evening Walk'
(1) l. 219,
"His neck, a varying arch, between his towering wings."
Compare 'Paradise Lost', book vii. l. 438.
(2) l. 286, in the footnote reading of 1793, the line occurs
"Or clock, that blind against the wanderer borne."
This refers to the winged beetle, the buzzard-clock.
(3) l. 323, "The bird, etc." The owl. Compare Cowper's 'Task', i. ll.
205, 206.
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